Unusual dilatation of the colon in idiopathic megacolon in adulthood
Wrazidlo, W.; Kussmann, J.
Rontgen-Blatter; Zeitschrift für Rontgen-Technik und Medizinisch-Wissenschaftliche Photographie 40(12): 392-394
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-8592 PMID: 3445094 Document Number: 303920
This is a report on a 20-year old patient who had been suffering from chronic constipation from her childhood. After radiography of the colon in double contrast in December 1986 the patient was admitted to hospital under suspicion of a perforation of the colon. The radiographic demonstration of the abdomen showed an exceptional dilatation of some segments of the colon but without any signs of perforation by free intraperitoneal gas. Subsequent examination led to the diagnosis of an idiopathic megacolon whereas a congenital as well as symptomatic and toxic megacolon could be excluded.